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one of those wars, afghanistan, is owned by the current president of the united states. he had his own iraqi surge. he doubled down in afghanistan. this is obama's war, and the standard for victory in both wars was not can we win? it was when can we leave? the american public understands the costs of those wars. democrat or republican, priority number one, fixing america's broken house. number two, you're operating in a cruel and unforgiving world. in the middle east it's root canals and migraine headaches. we were sfuk tuck in a region w can't fix and we cannot leave. i would bet you -- i wonder where the expression dollars to doughnuts came from. i would bet you dollars to doughnuts that regardless of who becomes president of this republic, a heroic effort will be made on the central question on what to do about iran's nuclear program. a heroic effort will be made to find every conceivable alternative to unilaterally striking iran or green lighting the israelis to strike iran. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> in question is great britaoi critically important. the next president
one of those wars, afghanistan, is owned by the current president of the united states. he had his own iraqi surge. he doubled down in afghanistan. this is obama's war, and the standard for victory in both wars was not can we win? it was when can we leave? the american public understands the costs of those wars. democrat or republican, priority number one, fixing america's broken house. number two, you're operating in a cruel and unforgiving world. in the middle east it's root canals and...
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the president of the united states discovers a new disease. >> mr. severely conservative wants you to think he was severely kidding about everything he said over the last year. suddenly he's saying, what, who me?
the president of the united states discovers a new disease. >> mr. severely conservative wants you to think he was severely kidding about everything he said over the last year. suddenly he's saying, what, who me?
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and he will make things happen as president of the united states. and will forge the right type of compromise to get this done. and that's the way it's going to work. >> do you think that this governor romney should be in a situation where he's actually prepared to deal with revenue, to raise revenue, go against his party if it's part of a package that achieves compromise and the kind of reforms that are necessary along the lines of simpson-bowles, which you mentioned? >> let me tell you what he did in new jersey, david. what we did in new jersey is first you have to convince people that you've actually done everything you need to do on the spending side before you start asking people for more money. and the fact is, no one believes when you're adding $1.5 trillion in debt every year of the four years of this presidency that we've done everything we can do on the spending side. i think the first thing governor romney would have to do as president romney is prove he is serious on the spending side. deal with that issue first. when he does, he will th
and he will make things happen as president of the united states. and will forge the right type of compromise to get this done. and that's the way it's going to work. >> do you think that this governor romney should be in a situation where he's actually prepared to deal with revenue, to raise revenue, go against his party if it's part of a package that achieves compromise and the kind of reforms that are necessary along the lines of simpson-bowles, which you mentioned? >> let me...
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i've been a member of the united states senate. come to think of it, john, i swear i saw you at one of our meetings. >> the dinner is hosted by the archdiocese of new york and all proceeds go to charities helping needy children. let's bring in jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for "bloomberg view." this offers up a very interesting opportunity for both candidates. but i think we all know that there's a real rub between the two candidates unlike there was between mccain and obama. >> you think? >> how's this going to play out? >> well, this is going to be fascinating because later on john mccain started to resent barack obama. but interestingly, during that campaign, they were former colleagues from the senate. or actually at the time colleagues from the senate. and they respected each other. and you can even see that in some of their debates. but these two guys do not respect or like each other. in fact, i would say they not so cordially detest one another. so they will have to be acting tonight when they're see
i've been a member of the united states senate. come to think of it, john, i swear i saw you at one of our meetings. >> the dinner is hosted by the archdiocese of new york and all proceeds go to charities helping needy children. let's bring in jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst and columnist for "bloomberg view." this offers up a very interesting opportunity for both candidates. but i think we all know that there's a real rub between the two candidates unlike there was...
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. >> he's asking the president of the united states to get to the bottom why there's this fog around his administration since september 11th. >> i want to bring in matt winter elch and eleanor pike. foreign policy debate would seem to favor the incumbent because he's the commander-in-chief, he's been immersed in all of this for the last four years. matt, what will you be looking for? >> i want to see if romney can put the incumbent on his heels. the incumbent usually has the advantage but it's been a rough month for obama here. the last debate romney completely bungled the libya attack. >> two missteps, one was coming out too early. >> we processed and moved on from. he had a two minute time to really hit the president on this and instead he was talking about israel and about being a strong horse in the middle east. he really screwed it up. it will be interesting to see whether he learns from his mistake and actually comes up with a coaching critique including coming back at the president when the president plays the how dare you accuse me of politicizing this card. >> it does seem t
. >> he's asking the president of the united states to get to the bottom why there's this fog around his administration since september 11th. >> i want to bring in matt winter elch and eleanor pike. foreign policy debate would seem to favor the incumbent because he's the commander-in-chief, he's been immersed in all of this for the last four years. matt, what will you be looking for? >> i want to see if romney can put the incumbent on his heels. the incumbent usually has the...
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that's why i'm running for a second term as president of the united states. you know, on tuesday governor romney took another stab at trying to sell us this $5 trillion tax cut that favors the wealthy. he took another swing at it and he whiffed. instead of telling us how he'd pay for if it, he said i'll let you know after the election. and then when i asked him about it, he said, i'm a businessman, i know the numbers will work. tack my word for it. now, here -- i'm going to let you in on a little tip. when a politician tells you he's going to wait until after the election, it's not because their plan is so good that they don't want to spoil the secret. that's usually not what's going on. >> that was president obama at a rally in manchester, new hampshire. next stop new york city for a taping of "the daly show" the president seizing on the same mathematical problems we were discussing. he did not use the word "sketchy" but did say mitt romney's trying to sell you faulty products. >> and touched on is what the underlying debate beneath the numbers, which is how
that's why i'm running for a second term as president of the united states. you know, on tuesday governor romney took another stab at trying to sell us this $5 trillion tax cut that favors the wealthy. he took another swing at it and he whiffed. instead of telling us how he'd pay for if it, he said i'll let you know after the election. and then when i asked him about it, he said, i'm a businessman, i know the numbers will work. tack my word for it. now, here -- i'm going to let you in on a...
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>> if there i a clear and present danger to the united states of america, yes -- >> no, a capability -- >> the president will take decisive answer that will -- >> that's rhetoric. it's not policy. >> it's a clear and present danger. if it does create a clear and present danger -- >> that's not policy. that's general talk. >> -- to the united states of the america -- >> it's talk. >> no, it's not. >> you're comfortableith the word -- you have to capability is enough for you? capability is enough fi want to theris -- >> no, capability -- okay, yes, all right, let's go. yes,ou've awered it, finally. do you have any job -- all ri another jobs bill a another stimulus bl in your second term, mr. presidt? >> i think we do need to do more to create opportities. one thin can tell you, chris, is i have a vision for this country. i want to restore the middle class. you, chs, if i ls, more -- i k together to can work put americans back t work >> and you want more js bills and more stimulus bills. >> i'm about creating jobs in america, not like my opponent, mr. romney, who wants to create jobs in
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the stores in the united states they were only up by 0.7% for september. the analysts have been looking for up 1.7%. you wonder if that is a one off because of september. we had heard from some other companies like southwest yesterday who said that they really struggled with the economy in september but october's numbers had been better and we don't have mcdonald's october numbers yet. i wonder if that was a bobble. in europe, the numbers for mcdonald's, their sales actually were can -- what they said their numbers were okay but it was because pricing had come in instead of traffic. traffic trends were actually down in europe and, chuck, the same thing caught me by surprise because usually in really tough times you'll see people coming in for the dollar menu or the euro menu. in europe it tells you things are so bad the traffic is actually down. that means people aren't going out at all if they're not going out to mcdonald's. >> all right. becky quinn, earnings season. that will have the impact. by the way, we get state by state unemployment rates in about
the stores in the united states they were only up by 0.7% for september. the analysts have been looking for up 1.7%. you wonder if that is a one off because of september. we had heard from some other companies like southwest yesterday who said that they really struggled with the economy in september but october's numbers had been better and we don't have mcdonald's october numbers yet. i wonder if that was a bobble. in europe, the numbers for mcdonald's, their sales actually were can -- what...
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. >>> this morning a pentagon official confirm it is united states military sent about 150 members to jordan to help with refugees arriving from syria. he said the team will help jordanians with logistics and planning worth thousands of refugees at that time border. >>> it has been five days since 10-year-old jessica ridgeway went missing on her way to school in colorado. police released this home video to help the public recognize her. sunday her backpack was found six miles away from home. police are now extend tharg er is -- extending their search. >>> jerry sandusky will be moved to a state prison in pennsylvania next week to start serving between 30 and 60 years. he was sentenced yesterday for sexually abusing ten boys. in prison he will be allowed to keep his watch and wedding band but that's practically it. he will be able to watch penn state football but not violent movies. he will also undergo psychiatric evaluation once he is moved. >>> the nationwide meningitis outbreak has now claimed 11 lives and 12th death is being investigated. at least 119 people have gotten sick after
. >>> this morning a pentagon official confirm it is united states military sent about 150 members to jordan to help with refugees arriving from syria. he said the team will help jordanians with logistics and planning worth thousands of refugees at that time border. >>> it has been five days since 10-year-old jessica ridgeway went missing on her way to school in colorado. police released this home video to help the public recognize her. sunday her backpack was found six miles...
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mourdock of course is the republican nominee in the state of indiana for the united states senate. let's take a look we've got a couple guests, u.s. congressman gwen moore from wisconsin, recounted her ideal in this horrible situation and we also have msnbc star, howard feinman. congressman moore, i want to talk to you about your own feelings, attitudes and experiences that might put a light on this thing. candidate for the united states senate in indiana saying if a woman is raped and has a pregnancy she should be forced by law to have that child. if you read the republican platform it basically says criminalizes abortion in any case. go ahead. your thoughts. >> well, i could tell you as a survivor of rape, legitimate rape, whatever kind of rape you want to call it, i caution the women of america to not allow mitt romney and these senators to take over our government. they will totally eviscerate the rights of women to control their own destiny. i could tell you, rape is not rare, and you know, i differ with michael steele and others who say that they have just been inarticulate.
mourdock of course is the republican nominee in the state of indiana for the united states senate. let's take a look we've got a couple guests, u.s. congressman gwen moore from wisconsin, recounted her ideal in this horrible situation and we also have msnbc star, howard feinman. congressman moore, i want to talk to you about your own feelings, attitudes and experiences that might put a light on this thing. candidate for the united states senate in indiana saying if a woman is raped and has a...
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one-on-one between iran and the united states. here's the kicker, it would happen after the election. david axle rod, he's now out of chicago with the campaign, he was asked about it today on "meet the press." here what he had to say. >> there's a tremendous disquiet in iran, their currency has dropped in value by 50%, their oil business has dropped by 50%. there's restiveness in their political environment there and they're feeling the heat. and that's what the sanctions were meant to do. >> telling us about sanctions that were led by the united states imposed by the international community and the sanctions apparently has really caused a great deal of comfort domestically within iran is oil sanctions that kicked off over the summer. what's at risk is enrichi ining plutonium. urging the united states to get tougher with iran, to get tougher with that -- all sides agree that iran must not ultimately get a nuclear weapon. what they can agree on is how tough they can get, what deadlines to draw, what red lines to draw. >> certainly
one-on-one between iran and the united states. here's the kicker, it would happen after the election. david axle rod, he's now out of chicago with the campaign, he was asked about it today on "meet the press." here what he had to say. >> there's a tremendous disquiet in iran, their currency has dropped in value by 50%, their oil business has dropped by 50%. there's restiveness in their political environment there and they're feeling the heat. and that's what the sanctions were...
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written in 2004 before he ran for and won a seat in the united states senate. in a chapter entitled bush can't lose with clinton's military. he agrees with this statement by dick cheney. a commander in chief leads the military built by those who came before him. there is little that he or his defense secretary can do to improve the force that they have to deploy. it is all the work of previous administrations. he points out that bush went to war in afghanistan nine months after taking office. the military took control of a country that the soviet union couldn't control and the british failed to subdue and the military did that in two weeks. it was not the bush/cheney military that let the success slip away. the military that the bush/cheney administration deployed with complete confidence in afghanistan and later in iraq was bill clinton's military much the same military that the bush/cheney campaign chose to lie about every day of our last peace time presidential campaign. candidate bush repeatedly said that our military was at its lowest state of readiness si
written in 2004 before he ran for and won a seat in the united states senate. in a chapter entitled bush can't lose with clinton's military. he agrees with this statement by dick cheney. a commander in chief leads the military built by those who came before him. there is little that he or his defense secretary can do to improve the force that they have to deploy. it is all the work of previous administrations. he points out that bush went to war in afghanistan nine months after taking office....
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because for seven years he's been running for president of the united states. for the last year he's been criticizing the president for syria in afghanistan, policy in middle east, policy in israel. last nim he came in and agreed. the american people cannot trust mitt romney. >> why do you think he did it? >> i think he wants to -- he thought he could come in, agree, and fool people. he can hide his real vision and people would think, he's reasonable. the people who got us into rack, who broke up american's relationship, satisfied to are torture as an american policy, and he doesn't want people to think he would go back there. >> why don't you -- why don't you believe this is genuine? >> from mitt romney? >> yeah. >> because he's had -- look n massachusetts people know him well. he's probably 20 to 25 points behind -- >> is he a moderate governor? >> let me finish. no. let me finish. he's 20 to 25 points behind in his home state. he's probably the first governor to run for president will not carry his home state because people who know him the best trust him th
because for seven years he's been running for president of the united states. for the last year he's been criticizing the president for syria in afghanistan, policy in middle east, policy in israel. last nim he came in and agreed. the american people cannot trust mitt romney. >> why do you think he did it? >> i think he wants to -- he thought he could come in, agree, and fool people. he can hide his real vision and people would think, he's reasonable. the people who got us into...
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you're talking about the president of the united states playing with the bureau of labor sticks numbers. this is nixon stuff. jack, do you want to take back the charge that there was corruption here? >> no, i don't want to take back one word in that tweet. you don't think it's coincidental that we've got the biggest surge since 1983 and in the jobs surge? come on, chris. >> do you mean it's a coincidence or do you mean you have evidence that there was corruption here in these numbers? >> i have no evidence of corruption. none whatsoever. >> okay. so these chicago guys had nothing to do with number coming out today. >> i don't know that. >> i just heard from jack welch with respect i guess was about ten minutes of absolute nonsense with no grounding in what the bureau of labor statistics actually does. >> joining us now is jared bernstein, who you just saw there responding to jack welch on "hardball" today. he is a senior fellow at the budget and policy priorities and msnbc and cnbc contributor. thank you for being here. i was absolutely riveted by that today and could not wait to contin
you're talking about the president of the united states playing with the bureau of labor sticks numbers. this is nixon stuff. jack, do you want to take back the charge that there was corruption here? >> no, i don't want to take back one word in that tweet. you don't think it's coincidental that we've got the biggest surge since 1983 and in the jobs surge? come on, chris. >> do you mean it's a coincidence or do you mean you have evidence that there was corruption here in these...
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but, i mean, when a candidate for the united states senate makes a provocative comment like that, we have to report it. we have to discuss it. it's surprising. it's eye-opening, and it's going to be something that voters will hear a lot about because, yes, we are talking about it. but ultimately, the race is in the hands of the voters, they may decide they side with richard mourdock or todd akin for other issues, or perhaps they agree with him on those issues. it is a little unusual that rape has become this big buzzword in politics this year. it's very surprising and hard to understand why anybody thought that was going to be a gad idea. >> yeah, and lynn, beth just brought up todd akin there. he has clawed hi way back in missouri. i want to put up this poll here if we've got it. st. louis post dispatch has him within the margin of error now against claire mccaskill who is off the trail, tending to a sick mother. is there enough time between now and aikin's rape comments? has there been enough time that folks have forgotten about him? can they win this thing? >> they might not have
but, i mean, when a candidate for the united states senate makes a provocative comment like that, we have to report it. we have to discuss it. it's surprising. it's eye-opening, and it's going to be something that voters will hear a lot about because, yes, we are talking about it. but ultimately, the race is in the hands of the voters, they may decide they side with richard mourdock or todd akin for other issues, or perhaps they agree with him on those issues. it is a little unusual that rape...
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geez, the likelihood of a 50%-50% united states nsenate is -- >> if. the senate tied 50-50, then the sitting vice president -- you have a new congress but the sitting vice president, who is also the president of the senate -- >> joe biden -- >> -- would cast the deciding vote. >> we say this. there is no -- we weren't sure if this was possible. you said there would probably be an objection from a republican senator saying joe biden shouldn't be able to cast the tie vote on this specific vote. what would then happen? >> two answers to that. one is the constitution does say that whenever there's a tie vote in the senate, the president of the senate casts the tie vote. in essence the constitution answers the question. but if there was still a question about it, the senate parliamentarian would rule and then the senate would vote on that. and on that it would be clear the vice president could cast the deciding vote. >> i want to go back to the issue of faithless electors. my theory on this has been, if we do have a 269-269, we have this sort of potential c
geez, the likelihood of a 50%-50% united states nsenate is -- >> if. the senate tied 50-50, then the sitting vice president -- you have a new congress but the sitting vice president, who is also the president of the senate -- >> joe biden -- >> -- would cast the deciding vote. >> we say this. there is no -- we weren't sure if this was possible. you said there would probably be an objection from a republican senator saying joe biden shouldn't be able to cast the tie vote...
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and will remind the world why the united states of america is the greatest nation on earth. >> in the spotlight tonight, the new, smaller battle ground map with just two weeks until election day, the new map finds the race narrowing down to just seven states. colorado, florida, iowa, new hampshire, iowa, virginia, wisconsin. nevada is leaning towards president obama, while north carolina is leaning towards romney. the washington host that's the two tied. the reuters poll has them tied and it also projects that president obama will virginia, ohio wnd win the presidency. krystal, paul ryan's not too practiced about campaigning in more than one state. his whole life he's had to say hello wisconsin. didn't it seem like he was trying to convince himself? >> it seemed a little odd like he was working himself up. honestly, i've been talking to a number of moderate republicans, traditional north eastern moderate rockefeller republicans who are uncomfortable with paul ryan. who feel he's not ready to be commander in chief and feel his budget is too far to the right, too extreme and not what th
and will remind the world why the united states of america is the greatest nation on earth. >> in the spotlight tonight, the new, smaller battle ground map with just two weeks until election day, the new map finds the race narrowing down to just seven states. colorado, florida, iowa, new hampshire, iowa, virginia, wisconsin. nevada is leaning towards president obama, while north carolina is leaning towards romney. the washington host that's the two tied. the reuters poll has them tied and...
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i'm running to be united states senator. >> obama had tougher competition in 2008 and displayed weaknesses during the primaries, a tendency to ramble and sometimes distant. there was a moment in south carolina when brian williams asked him how he would respond to a terrorist attack. >> senator obama, if god forbid a thousand times while we were gather here tonight two american cities had been hit by terrorists and further learned it had been the work of al qaeda, how would you change the u.s. military stance overseas as a result? >> the first we'd have to do is make sure we have an effective emergency response. something that this administration failed to do when he had a hurricane in new orleans. and i think we have to review how we operate in the event of not only a natural disaster, but also a terrorist attack. >> so he went emergency response, katrina, fema. he tried to redeem himself by adding that enemies of the u.s. have to be hunted down. the breakthrough came through the 14th primary face-off when asking hillary clinton about eliot spitzer's plan to give driver's licenses to illeg
i'm running to be united states senator. >> obama had tougher competition in 2008 and displayed weaknesses during the primaries, a tendency to ramble and sometimes distant. there was a moment in south carolina when brian williams asked him how he would respond to a terrorist attack. >> senator obama, if god forbid a thousand times while we were gather here tonight two american cities had been hit by terrorists and further learned it had been the work of al qaeda, how would you...
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i have confidence in the fact that i havehave complete suppor from the president of the united states, and it is very important for me today now that the winds let up a bit to see it myself so that when i talk to the president later today i can tell him personally exactly what i've seen to give him the full measure of the devastation that's happened to our state. no question in my mind given the reports that i've seen so far that the devastation that's happened to new jersey is beyond what's happened to anyone else, at least from the reports that i've seen so far and that comes as no shock since the storm made landfall here. so i tell the people of the state who are able to listen to this, who have power and are watching in some way, we are going make sure that we do everything we can to get through this as quickly as possible, to restore conditions in the state to normalcy as soon as we can and you can count on the fact that i'll be here and the folks they represent every waking hour to get this going as quickly as we can, but the devastation is unprecedented, like nothing we've ever
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he's the only politician i know of in the united states of america alive today who over the course of his political career has held every conceivable position on the issue of life. he's signed into law tax payer funded abortions and birth control mandates on the catholic church. now he criticizes the president for doing it. >> both of you are both accurate. >> you support him, right? >> i only support pro-life candidates. >> do you think he's pro-life. >> for someone to be pro-life, they have to believe life is sacred from the moment it's received until the natural death. >> it's up to mitt romney to meet my definition. i don't have to clarify my position for him. he needs to clarify my position for me. >> he's not done that. >> he's clarified it multiple times with multiple choices. >> your definition of wanting to support a pro-life candidate has some holes in it. you'll be willing to vote for someone you don't understand where he stands. >> i would not vote for somebody who is not pro-life. >> are you going to vote for him or not? >> there's 19 days to the election. >> you're undec
he's the only politician i know of in the united states of america alive today who over the course of his political career has held every conceivable position on the issue of life. he's signed into law tax payer funded abortions and birth control mandates on the catholic church. now he criticizes the president for doing it. >> both of you are both accurate. >> you support him, right? >> i only support pro-life candidates. >> do you think he's pro-life. >> for...
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and god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> massachusetts governor mitt romney addressing the al smith dinner in new york city. live. you see him there speaking with president obama, who will be speaking in just a moment. giving the same, we expect, type of speech that mr. romney gave in a sense that it will be funny and there will be some remarks that have less snark to them and are more kind and are less political. that's the sort of speeches these are. the reason this is a big event on the political calendar is because it happens so close to the election. as we're waiting for president obama to start his remarks i should introduce w. bell, the host of "totally biased" on fx which is brilliant. you are here as our comedic strategic adviser. >> yes. >> before we hear from president obama, do you have any big picture reaction to how mr. romney did there as a comedian? >> i thing hek he has to learn to enjoy the joke telling process. >> ah. >> he has that look on his face between every joke like he's just been stab
and god bless the united states of america. thank you. >> massachusetts governor mitt romney addressing the al smith dinner in new york city. live. you see him there speaking with president obama, who will be speaking in just a moment. giving the same, we expect, type of speech that mr. romney gave in a sense that it will be funny and there will be some remarks that have less snark to them and are more kind and are less political. that's the sort of speeches these are. the reason this is...
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an estimated 200,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer in the united states this year. the centers for disease control says that the best protection against breast cancer is screening and early detection. my doctor told me calcium is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. with efficient absorption in one daily dose. i'm bara ck o bama and i approve romney: "it's time to stand up to the cheaters" vo: tough on china? not mitt romney. when a flood of chinese tires threatened a thousand american jobs... it was president obama who stood up to china and protected american workers. mitt romney attacked obama's decision... said standing up to china was "bad for the nation and our workers." how can mitt romney take on the cheaters... when he's taking their side? >>> are you better off than you were four years ago? >> senator, i served with jack kennedy. i knew jack kennedy. jack kennedy was a friend of mine. senator, you're no jack kennedy. >>
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states, i applaud colin for standing with him. >> you know, steve, that's so gross and disgusting, and nakedly racist and just trying to say this endorsement doesn't matter because a black person is automatically bias. only a white opinion matters. and, you know, if you try to say maybe sununu supporting romney because of race that's weird. the black guy supporting the black guy because of race that makes sense. totally disgusting thing and also note that the interviewer there didn't follow up it was news worthy, it was racist, he didn't say anything. he said good-bye thank you for that. >> ironically sununu was trying to delegitimize the powell story which would have been a one dayer to. and now he made it into a multiple day story. >> john sununu is a 73-year-old man who was governor of a small state 30 years ago and now one of the top faces of mitt romney's campaign. this is a guy that made one of their public face. he's been in hot water before. last night rachel maddow suggested that powell was the last endorsement to get in this campaign. >> rachel is right technically but i thin
states, i applaud colin for standing with him. >> you know, steve, that's so gross and disgusting, and nakedly racist and just trying to say this endorsement doesn't matter because a black person is automatically bias. only a white opinion matters. and, you know, if you try to say maybe sununu supporting romney because of race that's weird. the black guy supporting the black guy because of race that makes sense. totally disgusting thing and also note that the interviewer there didn't...
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ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, virginia. are you fired up? are you ready to go? i can't hear you. >> well, it is -- it's good to be back. thank you. >> four more years! >> can everybody please give cecil a big round of applause for the great introduction and the work she does? we've got your congressman here, jerry connelly in the house. 18 days. 18 days, virginia. 18 days and you're going to step into a voting booth and you're going to have a very big choice to make. not just a choice between two candidates or two parties, but between two fundamentally different visions for this country that we love. you know, governor romney's got his sales pitch. we heard it the other night in the debate and he's been running around talking about his five-point plan for the economy. don't boo, vote. vote. he wants you to believe that somehow he'll create 12 million jobs, cut taxes by $5 trillion, even though it favors the wealthiest americans. none of this will add to the deficit. when folks who don't actually work for governor romney sta
ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello, virginia. are you fired up? are you ready to go? i can't hear you. >> well, it is -- it's good to be back. thank you. >> four more years! >> can everybody please give cecil a big round of applause for the great introduction and the work she does? we've got your congressman here, jerry connelly in the house. 18 days. 18 days, virginia. 18 days and you're going to step into a voting booth and...
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that's not a way to go about winning the presidency of the united states, in my opinion. >> we're going to get more to this later in the show. i want to shift gears a little. dana, there's a new radio interview with one of romney's sons. he's tagged as quoted as saying this about the debate this week and president obama. quote, jump out of his seat and rush down the debate stage and take a swing at him but you know you can't do that. first, because there's a lot of secret service between you and him, and because it's the nature of the process. what's your thought on that? when you hear this, it's a very interesting take on how heated things may have become. >> you know, it may be a good idea for the romney campaign to keep the romney boys under wraps. let's recall -- >> away from microphones. >> sure, away from the microphones. they're the ones who kept -- who gave us sheamus the dog being strapped to the top of the car and have had these hot-headed comments before. it's probably not the best idea to have these guys out there as his surrogates, if they want to be controlling the message
that's not a way to go about winning the presidency of the united states, in my opinion. >> we're going to get more to this later in the show. i want to shift gears a little. dana, there's a new radio interview with one of romney's sons. he's tagged as quoted as saying this about the debate this week and president obama. quote, jump out of his seat and rush down the debate stage and take a swing at him but you know you can't do that. first, because there's a lot of secret service between...
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but just how much repair is really needed between the united states and other countries? a new bbc world service poll asked people in 21 countries outside the u.s. to choose when your presidential candidates. it looks like it's mitt romney who has the repair work to do. president obama represented by the blue bar there trounces mitt romney in every country polled except for pakistan. every country but pakistan refers obama. they're at the bottom of the chart. that's pakistan. some countries like france have romney in the single digits. so i guess he's pretty popular out there, the president. >>> up next, president obama is finally laying out his vision for a second term to the american voters but with two weeks to go can he make the case in this time. two weeks' time. like a football two-minute drill. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. [ female announcer ] need help keeping your digestive balance? try the #1 gastroenterologist recommended probiotic. align. align naturally helps maintain digestive balance. ♪ ooh, baby, can i do for you today? ♪ try ali
but just how much repair is really needed between the united states and other countries? a new bbc world service poll asked people in 21 countries outside the u.s. to choose when your presidential candidates. it looks like it's mitt romney who has the repair work to do. president obama represented by the blue bar there trounces mitt romney in every country polled except for pakistan. every country but pakistan refers obama. they're at the bottom of the chart. that's pakistan. some countries...
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. >> he's the next vice president of the united states. >> look right here. >> just three days later, paul ryan suddenly had fewer numbers and fewer answers. >> the budget plan that you're now supporting would get to balance when? >> well, there are different -- the budget plan that mitt romney is supporting gets us down to 20% of gdp government spending by 2016. >> i get that but what about balance? >> i don't know exactly when it balances because we haven't -- i only -- i don't want to get wonky but we haven't run the numbers on that specific plan. >> since the romney upgrade the ryan model has been buggy. >> doesn't your budget also cop template major savings for medicare on something like the same amount? >> only president obama raids $716 billion from the medicare program, he cut $716 from the medicare program to pay for obama care. >> right. >> we don't do that. >> you make savings, how much? >> point -- we -- i joined the romney ticket and what mitt romney is proposing to do is repeal all of obama care. >> more than a month later, rhine's quant programs are in need of a softwar
. >> he's the next vice president of the united states. >> look right here. >> just three days later, paul ryan suddenly had fewer numbers and fewer answers. >> the budget plan that you're now supporting would get to balance when? >> well, there are different -- the budget plan that mitt romney is supporting gets us down to 20% of gdp government spending by 2016. >> i get that but what about balance? >> i don't know exactly when it balances because we...
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it's like the united states of florida. it's all the same issues that are important to floridians. >> yeah, i want to look at a map of the entire u.s. population distribution here with you. look in terms of population there. so the states there in the west rule areas, how can we ensure shast open spaces there would not be left voiceless? >> that's the misconception about direct elections ft the first misconception is many high populous states are divided. you look at california, it's relatively close. california often says that's all democratic. it's not. there's a huge number of conservative votes that are negated, are basically forgotten every year. those would be counted on the other side. but the biggest thing is that right now presidents ignore the western states if they're democrats largely. they don't go to them because they know they can't win them. the main problem is that a voter in florida should not have ten times the importance of a voter in california or texas. we should all be able to vote for who we want to
it's like the united states of florida. it's all the same issues that are important to floridians. >> yeah, i want to look at a map of the entire u.s. population distribution here with you. look in terms of population there. so the states there in the west rule areas, how can we ensure shast open spaces there would not be left voiceless? >> that's the misconception about direct elections ft the first misconception is many high populous states are divided. you look at california,...
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before that sarah palin, who clearly wasn't ready to president of the united states being floated. our good friend donald trump being in first place for awhile. it was -- it was for many months a party that was in search of itself. and it damaged its brand. i think, though, again you look at the latest polls, it's pretty close. >> what has the tea party done to the republican party? there doesn't seem to be a lot of embracing of diverse thinking. how much has it damaged the republican party? >> well, i don't know how the republican brand is doing now, if you just look at the election last year in 2010, or two years ago. the tea party was part of a coalition that gave republicans the largest majority landslide nationwide in the history of the country. if you take what happened on the congressional record level, and what happened on the state level, republicans won more seats in 2010 than ever before. >> but do you think that was because of tea party ideology, or because the economy was tanking, and it was like, anything but what we have going on. >> i think it was a combination of b
before that sarah palin, who clearly wasn't ready to president of the united states being floated. our good friend donald trump being in first place for awhile. it was -- it was for many months a party that was in search of itself. and it damaged its brand. i think, though, again you look at the latest polls, it's pretty close. >> what has the tea party done to the republican party? there doesn't seem to be a lot of embracing of diverse thinking. how much has it damaged the republican...
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also ahead of the united states elections project. nice of you to join us, michael. thanks for being here. >> good to be talking with you about early voting early in the morning. >> very good. i'd like to know who is the early average absentee voter? what's their description? what's their profile? >> at this stage in the game, it's somewhere who's already made up their mind. playing off of what andy sullivan was talking about, those high information voters. somebody who knows the name of the chief justice of the supreme court. these are people who have already decided who they're going to vote for, they know a lot about the candidates, they're comfortable with casting their ballot. >> can you give a party which is more likely to vote early? >> typically the sorts of high information voters we're talking about look like republicans, however, in 2008 we know that obama won the early vote by a large margin and so far this election it looks as though why we don't have a re-creation of the 2008 early vote electorate, it's still looking like an electorate that's more democ
also ahead of the united states elections project. nice of you to join us, michael. thanks for being here. >> good to be talking with you about early voting early in the morning. >> very good. i'd like to know who is the early average absentee voter? what's their description? what's their profile? >> at this stage in the game, it's somewhere who's already made up their mind. playing off of what andy sullivan was talking about, those high information voters. somebody who knows...
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did you really mean to call barack obama, the president of the united states, lazy? >> yes. i think it -- i think you saw him admit it the night before when he delivered the pizzas. he said, they're making me do this work. he didn't want to prepare for this debate. he's lazy and disengaged. >> wow. that was former new hampshire governor john sununu with his take on the debate. on the one hand there was a sense of a desire to see more fire from president obama on that day but the fact that the language on thursday was we're going to be so far, you know, gone that we'll call the president a lazy delivery. pizza delivery guy, the black president, a lazy pizza delivery guy. this is important when we talk about george will's piece. how many american presidents have we called lazy? george bush took more vacations, i think than any president in modern times. nobody called him lazy. and that's such a stereotype for black people, my hackles went way up. >> my colleague andrea mitchell was like, maybe you'd like to take that back. maybe you didn't realize what you just said. >> one of
did you really mean to call barack obama, the president of the united states, lazy? >> yes. i think it -- i think you saw him admit it the night before when he delivered the pizzas. he said, they're making me do this work. he didn't want to prepare for this debate. he's lazy and disengaged. >> wow. that was former new hampshire governor john sununu with his take on the debate. on the one hand there was a sense of a desire to see more fire from president obama on that day but the...
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actual fighting words for the president of the united states of america. take a listen. >> what is it like for you to hear the president of the united states call your dad a liar? how do you react to that? >> well, jump out of your seat and you want to rush down the debate stage and take a swing at him, but you know you you can't do that because, well, first, because there's a lot of secret service between you and him but also because this is the nature of the process. >> joining us is dr. james peterson from lehigh university and in washington professor david corn, the man who introduced us to the term 47%. he's also an msnbc political analyst. david, if i can start with you, i'm sorry to be so upfront about this, but tagg romney is a mommy's boy. he's such a hard man that he took $10 million from his mommy to help him start his investment fund, and now he wants to fight the president. he's a boy who should learn some manners, isn't he? >> well, first, thank you for the promotion to professor. i'm happy to have that title. >> it's a pleasure. >> this is w
actual fighting words for the president of the united states of america. take a listen. >> what is it like for you to hear the president of the united states call your dad a liar? how do you react to that? >> well, jump out of your seat and you want to rush down the debate stage and take a swing at him, but you know you you can't do that because, well, first, because there's a lot of secret service between you and him but also because this is the nature of the process. >>...
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one of them is going to be the next president of the united states. and so they have to seal the deal themselves. the campaigns, the organizations, the parties can only carry them so far. and now the rest in their hands. and tonight, the american people look at them, take their measure, and we will soon know who these guys really are. >> al, when you were a candidate, when you prep for a debate, you're prepping factually, you're making sure you know your own policies and the weaknesses in your opponent's policies, but do you prep in terms of style, acting, emotional intelligence, as chris was putting it, the way you're going to come across? >> i think you try to learn the style of your opponents. we would look at tapes of the opponents in their debates. we would watch them. every debate, you'd know them better. but it's like someone that is going to do a concert. you can have the best orchestra, the best voice trainer, the best acoustics, but if you can't sing, it's not going to help you. and the problem is, we're going to see tonight what romney has
one of them is going to be the next president of the united states. and so they have to seal the deal themselves. the campaigns, the organizations, the parties can only carry them so far. and now the rest in their hands. and tonight, the american people look at them, take their measure, and we will soon know who these guys really are. >> al, when you were a candidate, when you prep for a debate, you're prepping factually, you're making sure you know your own policies and the weaknesses in...
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the base for the first black president of the united states. that's what this is all about. >> this is ridiculous. >> we've got to go after this. >> i'm offended by way is saying here. this is about middle income voters, about somebody who wants to cut taxes for small businesses and middle income voters and not raise taxes on middle income families in order to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. i encourage everybody to get out and vote and never diminish anybody else's right to vote. that's critical. >> we have to leave it there. i encourage you guys to continue your conversation via twitter perhaps. >> jobs and jobs and jobs. >> we'll leave it here. we have so much other stuff to get to. clarence mckee, kevin cate, appreciate your time this saturday afternoon. >> still to come, does he help or does he hurt? sweetie, you have to scrub it first. no you don't, honey. yes, you do! don't! i've washed a few cupcake tins in my day... oh, so you're a tin expert now. is that... whoa nelly! hi, kitchen counselor here. he's actually right...
the base for the first black president of the united states. that's what this is all about. >> this is ridiculous. >> we've got to go after this. >> i'm offended by way is saying here. this is about middle income voters, about somebody who wants to cut taxes for small businesses and middle income voters and not raise taxes on middle income families in order to give tax cuts to millionaires and billionaires. i encourage everybody to get out and vote and never diminish anybody...
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the united states is 39th in the world behind countries like greece and germany, albania has a better rate in terms of maternal death versus places like houston. specifically, especially in red states where you have got something like 16 deaths, maternal deaths per 100,000 birth according to a study in atlanta in 2010. this is still a very real problem and there are still very real women dying -- >> let's get off sex -- i want to get off sex for a minute and obviously reproductive rights. i want to say something about equal pay. why has governor romney refused to say as of this moment, friday afternoon at 5:00 eastern time, he's refused to say why he's against the equal pay bill. he won't say whether he's for or against. >> i don't think it's just about the equal pay. i think he's obviously not giving many specifics about almost anything. i wanted to follow up on your point about contraceptives being something that both men and women must be for. i'm chairman of the board -- >> i know that. you were at the beginning. >> one of the things i believe we have great common ground on is the
the united states is 39th in the world behind countries like greece and germany, albania has a better rate in terms of maternal death versus places like houston. specifically, especially in red states where you have got something like 16 deaths, maternal deaths per 100,000 birth according to a study in atlanta in 2010. this is still a very real problem and there are still very real women dying -- >> let's get off sex -- i want to get off sex for a minute and obviously reproductive rights....
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chrysler ceo said in a statement jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the united states and will con sstitute th backbone of the grand. it is inaccurate to suggest anything different. a gm spokesman told the detroit news, quote, we've clearly enter ed some parallel universe during the last few days, no amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish the record of creating jobs in the united states. remember, this new romney jeep ad claims that all factual statements in it, the implication is different, but the statements themselves say jeep is being built in china, which the ad says for the implication, of course, is this idea that they're moving some operations out of ohio to china and that's what both gm and chrysler are fighting back on is that perception. ohio papers pummeling romney for the ad. they called it a ploy in an editorial yesterday and said romney is flailing in ohio. and don't forget that detroit, where the free press is heavily criticized romney is next door to northwest ohio. romney is campaigning in florida today. virginia tomorrow. and thos
chrysler ceo said in a statement jeep assembly lines will remain in operation in the united states and will con sstitute th backbone of the grand. it is inaccurate to suggest anything different. a gm spokesman told the detroit news, quote, we've clearly enter ed some parallel universe during the last few days, no amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish the record of creating jobs in the united states. remember, this new romney jeep ad claims that all factual statements in...
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states. i have most recently been to ohio and new hampshire. the mood is different depending on the day and where you go. one of the things i did not find to be true is mitt the momentum. i think what we saw in the aftermath of the first debate was romney folks feeling like it was all of a sudden okay to be proud to be out as romney voter. >> true. >> i did not see that before that. i think there are a number of folks who are feeling visceral emotions out there. i have been certainly evangelizing to my colleagues in d.c. about the need to get out into the swing states in the last few days of the election. i think some of this comes down to raw gut. i don't think the momentum is happening. i think ohio is going to be key. we are seeing romney go to maine to pick up the one electoral vote we can get from there. they are racing all over covering their bases. it's going to be super interesting. maine and nebraska, barack obama won the congressional district in nebraska last time around omaha. the
states. i have most recently been to ohio and new hampshire. the mood is different depending on the day and where you go. one of the things i did not find to be true is mitt the momentum. i think what we saw in the aftermath of the first debate was romney folks feeling like it was all of a sudden okay to be proud to be out as romney voter. >> true. >> i did not see that before that. i think there are a number of folks who are feeling visceral emotions out there. i have been...
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states. he's at 248. give him the west, colorado, nevada, he is still short and needs to find seven others. right now the president is ahead in wisconsin and i haven't seen evidence otherwise. the president appears to be ahead in new hampshire. so look what that leaves us. 269. well, i'll be darn, look how close that is. he can get to 269. he can get there. he'd have to somehow win new hampshire or ohio. this gets very tough without ohio. this sort of upper tier connection there. new hampshire, wisconsin, ohio, those are the three states where it's my understanding that the president has not seen his lead erode down to dead even. all of the other states after the debate, romney has pumped up to either make it even or even take the lead in a place like, for instance, florida or virginia. all right. the obama campaign is leaving nothing to chance. the boss will hit the buckeye state for the president this week. bruce springs teen will team up with former president clinton for a rally on thursda
states. he's at 248. give him the west, colorado, nevada, he is still short and needs to find seven others. right now the president is ahead in wisconsin and i haven't seen evidence otherwise. the president appears to be ahead in new hampshire. so look what that leaves us. 269. well, i'll be darn, look how close that is. he can get to 269. he can get there. he'd have to somehow win new hampshire or ohio. this gets very tough without ohio. this sort of upper tier connection there. new hampshire,...
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one, they came to the united states intending to carry out an attack. after going southeast missouri state he decided to come back to new york, come to the new york area, and then number three, he reached out and tried to find people who would help him which was his downfall because he did it on facebook and the interthreat, somewhat ironic for a student who came to the united states to study cybersecurity. and that's how he got connected up with the fbi informant and they channeled his energies into something they knew he could do no damage because they would be in control and watching everything that he did. but the problem is, always, in a case like there is, you know, people say why didn't you just watch him? that's incredibly manpower intensive. suppose you're the fbi, you find out there's somebody who genuinely wants to kill people, doesn't care whether women and children, how many are killed as long as they make a political statement. what if they slip out of your control and do hook up with someone who can give them real explosives? no one would
one, they came to the united states intending to carry out an attack. after going southeast missouri state he decided to come back to new york, come to the new york area, and then number three, he reached out and tried to find people who would help him which was his downfall because he did it on facebook and the interthreat, somewhat ironic for a student who came to the united states to study cybersecurity. and that's how he got connected up with the fbi informant and they channeled his...
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states' auto industry when mitt romney said let them go bankrupt. i will tell you what is being banked. what is being banked are the early votes. numbers, thousands and thousands of ohio voters who have already cast their votes and from what i can tell, it's something like 60 to 30 in favor of president obama. >> you're accurate right there, ann. it is early voting according to "time" magazine, 60% in favor of president obama and is this something that governor romney can tackle. can they be able to do enough in the days that are left to have a chance with ohio. >> i don't know the answer to that question, tom. i think we'll see come election day, but a couple of things and i just want to let detroit go bankrupt because the democrats and bush have quite some time. "the new york times" actually place that title and not governor romney and it's ironic that the major newspaper endorsed governor romney this morning and that's number one and going back to your point about women in ohio. no question where governor romney and paul ryan need to do is begin
states' auto industry when mitt romney said let them go bankrupt. i will tell you what is being banked. what is being banked are the early votes. numbers, thousands and thousands of ohio voters who have already cast their votes and from what i can tell, it's something like 60 to 30 in favor of president obama. >> you're accurate right there, ann. it is early voting according to "time" magazine, 60% in favor of president obama and is this something that governor romney can...